Bhutan urged to repeal criminal defamation laws during Human Right Council review Published at 17.07.2019 Country Bhutan Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law LGBTI self censorship criminal defamation positive CS development Read more
Anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism funding measures may overburden CSOs Published at 27.06.2019 Country Portugal Category Latest Developments Tags: youth censorship LGBTI funding restriction bureaucratic restriction Read more
Tunisia civic space under threat by emergency bill and attempts to undermine transitional justice Published at 05.06.2019 Country Tunisia Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force CSO closure harassment criminal defamation prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment self censorship protest disruption office raid positive court ruling censorship LGBTI positive CS development negative court ruling protest sexual assault restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Growing protection concerns as journalists in Greece targeted by violent actors Published at 18.06.2019 Country Greece Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI refugees and migrants minority groups harassment positive CS development attack on journalist criminal defamation protest violent protest non state actors Read more
People protesting energy projects continue to be targeted for their activism Published at 06.06.2019 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law protestor(s) detained LGBTI youth surveillance labour rights protest environmental rights Read more
Attacks and threats against human rights defenders persist in Papua New Guinea Published at 01.07.2019 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation LGBTI women public vilification harassment indigenous groups sexual assault protest extractive industries censorship HRD threatened environmental rights land rights Read more
New crackdown on opposition protests: at least 350 arrested after defying protest ban Published at 03.07.2019 Country Cameroon Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption prevention of protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained negative court ruling criminal defamation Read more
Lawsuits, attacks and harassment used against journalists, activists and human rights defenders Published at 19.07.2019 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI intimidation attack on journalist negative court ruling labour rights protest prevention of protest time,place restrictions non state actors Read more
Poland: Attempts to compromise the judiciary, a threat on media independence and attacks on LGBTQIA+ Published at 12.02.2020 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship protest disruption protest LGBTI Read more
Kazakhstan: Change of power and marred elections, protests and crackdowns Published at 19.08.2019 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction protest disruption surveillance intimidation protest prevention of protest harassment labour rights HRD detained refusal of registration time,place restrictions LGBTI journalist detained non state actors censorship attack on journalist protestor(s) detained excessive force women positive court ruling criminal defamation youth Read more
Authoritarian constitutional amendments tighten Egypt’s iron grip on civic space Published at 09.05.2019 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: surveillance censorship internet restriction prevention of protest restrictive law LGBTI harassment protestor(s) detained Read more
Arrests, office raids and internet restrictions as Lebanon continue crackdown on media freedom Published at 13.08.2019 Country Lebanon Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption office raid women religious groups harassment negative court ruling excessive force protest internet restriction restrictive law censorship non state actors Read more
Political pressure stifles NGOs and hampers investigative journalism Published at 04.08.2019 Country Montenegro Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship LGBTI criminal defamation protest political interference bureaucratic restriction censorship access to info. law environmental rights Read more
Improvements in media freedom treated with caution by Croatian journalists Published at 31.07.2019 Country Croatia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women censorship positive CS development HRD threatened criminal defamation Read more
Macedonia's civic space roundup Published at 16.05.2019 Country North Macedonia Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship LGBTI religious groups minority groups HRD threatened environmental rights non state actors positive CS development attack on journalist protest political interference bureaucratic restriction censorship Read more
Intelligence agency coordinated with energy companies to spy on groups engaged in peaceful advocacy Published at 19.08.2019 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: religious groups negative court ruling protest youth indigenous groups LGBTI extractive industries violent protest surveillance environmental rights non state actors Read more
Protests in Honduras have left at least 3 demonstrators dead and several injured Published at 19.08.2019 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups protest violent protest youth harassment restrictive law HRD killing killing of journalist killing of protestors censorship protestor(s) detained HRD threatened non state actors LGBTI women environmental rights land rights Read more
Ethnic Clashes and Internet blackouts Continue Amid Abiy Government Reform Process Published at 28.08.2019 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: time,place restrictions censorship LGBTI youth internet restriction Read more
Human rights abuses against Crimean Tatar Community members continue Published at 30.09.2019 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist positive CS development release of HRDs protest LGBTI Read more
Protests in Indonesia against weakening of labour laws as activists and critics are silenced Published at 16.04.2020 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation labour rights excessive force LGBTI harassment criminal defamation women indigenous groups HRD detained HRD prosecuted protest restrictive law land rights Read more
Respect for rights by police yet to be seen despite appointment of new head Published at 30.08.2019 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction LGBTI protest disruption religious groups harassment negative court ruling protest censorship non state actors Read more
